Srinagar
A batch of 1007pilgrims left Jammu on Wednesday for the Kashmir Valley to perform the Amarnath Yatra.
They left the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri Niwas in an escorted two convoy of 30 vehicles, as 278 pilgrims headed to Baltal base camp while 729 towards Pahalgam, an official said.
The 60-day long annual Amarnath Yatra which started on June 28 has been going on smoothly for the last 26 days with over 2,40,000 pilgrims having performed the yatra.
Except for the vagaries of weather due to which four pilgrims were killed by a landslide on the Baltal-cave shrine route, the yatra has been proceeding smoothly.
The pilgrimage will end on August 26, coinciding with the Shravan Purnima festival.
